Liberty Loan Rush Spreads Across New England States
New England observes Liberty Day with parades rallies and large subscriptions as towns in Massachusetts Maine and other states report oversubscriptions and double up campaigns. Boston faces slow progress but major firms and civic groups including Jewish and foreign born committees push vast bond sales amid celebrity rallies and open air events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
McCall
Post
New
New England
Wilmington
Swansea
Mass
Harrison
Howland
Vinal Haven
Maine
New Haven Railroad Men Subscribe $15,000
The sum of $15,000 was yesterday subscribed to the Third Liberty Loan by 350 men employed by the New Haven Railroad Company. The subscription was made at a patriotic rally and flag raising held at the New Haven roundhouse at Southampton street, South Boston, with Henry W. Dunn presiding and speakers including William H. H. O’Brien of the Public Service Commission staff and General Manager Bardo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Boston
Jewish Committee
Uncle Sam
Salem
Hanover Streets
J. C. Bliss, Jr
M. M. Eichler
Liberty Loan Jewish Committee
Liberty Loan
New York
Max Mitchell
Liberty Loan Jewish Committee of
Massachusetts
Liberty Loan Jewish Women’s Committee
Independent Order Sons of Israel
Gordon Scollay
Order
David I. Walsh
McCall
Peters
Alexander Whiteside
Asa P. French
Herbert Parker
Shyarma Levin
Robert Silverman
Liberty
New Haven Railroad Company
New Haven Roundhouse
Southampton Street
Henry W. Dunn
William HH O’ Brien
Public Service Commission
Bardo
Road
Morize Urges Bond Buying At Gilchrist Store
Lieutenant Andre Morize of the French military mission addressed Gilchrist shoppers urging Liberty bonds to back front line troops. He described battles and the need for money to buy guns, ammunition, and equipment, noting the war’s modern demands and the importance of support at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bond
Gilchrist
Andre Morize
Merize
C. ©. Verris
Gilchrist Company
Morize
Total Liberty Loan Subscriptions Reach 2 Billion
Treasury reported 2 035 990 200 in Liberty Loan pledges received by banks and trust companies up to today s opening. Only 67 percent of the three billion goal has been subscribed while the loan period stands at 75 percent over. The piece notes war demands beyond men and urges sacrifice and discipline. Gilchrist Company firm employees and customers bought 127 300 in bonds, with over 110 000 subscribed by individuals to the first two loans.
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Public Library
Copley Square
Geraldine Farrar
Peters
O. B. Jones
Maynard
Town Square
George B. Glidden
Reading
Hugh Bancroft
Filene’s
Corporal Auger
Boston
Lee, Higginson & Co
George FE. Keith Company
South Boston
H. C. Dodge, Incorporated
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Hunt-Spiller Manufacturing Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Kiureka Lodge
A. M
Plymouth Rock Lodge
Sumner Lodge
Patricia Collinge
Pollyanna
Tremont Theatre
Eleanor H. Porter
Jordan Marsh Company
Miss Collinge
Signorina Claudia Manzuio
Jordan's
Washington
The
Treasury
Gilchrist Company
Liberty Bond Drive Urges United Support
A call urges readers to buy a Liberty bond today, likening the funding effort to a soldier’s duty and urging weekly contributions to crush Prussia’s vileness.
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Prussia
Liberty Loan Rally Prays Boston to Double Up Subscriptions
At Symphony Hall Congressman James A. Gallivan Senator John W Weeks and Senator James E Watson urged Boston and New England to double up their Liberty Loan subscriptions. Attendance was scant, prompting apologies and a strong call to action from the Liberty Loan committee and speakers. Bond sales followed as supporters pledged to meet the quota and sustain the war effort.
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Watson
Weeks
Gallivan
Symphony Hall
Boston
New England
James A. Gallivan
Liberty Loan
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
James E. Watson
Indiana
New Eingland
Senator Weeks
Cen
Liberty Loan Committee of
Greater Boston
United States
New
Congressman Gallivan
Congress
Frederick the Great
Cambridge's Big Day Parade for Liberty Loan and Naval Maneuvers
Cambridge residents and 20 000 spectators will gather for a Liberty Loan parade with about a dozen bands starting at 2 PM from Cambridge Common. A naval sham battle is planned on the basin at 4 PM and a 1 PM maneuver, duplicated at 4. The route runs from Cambridge Common to Harvard Square and the Harvard Bridge with booths along the Esplanade for bond sales and performances by Geraldine Farrar and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Cambridge
Washington
Cambridge Common
Marshal Wardwell
Concord Avenue
Waterhouse Street
Geraldine Farrar
Charles River
Harvard Square
Harvard Street
Lee Street
Lee
Massachusetts Avenue
Avenue
Harvard Bridge
Bishop Babcock to Hold Confirmation at Trinity Church Newton
Bishop Babcock will be at Trinity Church Newton Centre for the evening service tomorrow to administer confirmation. The morning service will be at 10 o clock as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Bishop Babcock
Trinity Church
Newton Centre
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Real
Willet-Sears Company
Atlantic Works
Notels
Edison Electric Iluminating Company
Butler's
Butler's Department Store
Tremont Street
Thomas A. Mullen
A. K. Flint
Basie
Walsh
Cullen
Donald McKay
Mr. Mullen
Franklin
Adams
Quincy
Everett
Sumner
Collins
John R. Macomber
New England Liberty Loan Committee
Treasury Department
Navy Yard
Boston Navy Yard
A. A. Gathemann
Bumkin Island
Boys In
Blue
Ward 7 Loan Committee
Louis Keene
Warren Avenue
Berkeley Street
Huntington
Gainsboro Street
Huntington, Avenue
Huntington Avenues
Geraldine Jarrar
Commonwealth Pier
East Boston
Caruso
Central Square
Loan Committee of
Everett Square
Hyde Park
Joseph Santosuossi
Frank Severoni
Ubaldo Guidi
Kossuth Hall
Roxbury
Rudolph Jurgensen
Port
Edmund Billings
Fitzgerald
North End Italans
St. John's Hall
Moon Street
Filene
Chicago Evening Post
Syilenes
Stein-Bloch
New Haven Railroad
P. C
Washington and
Boylston Streets
Georges
Franklin Streets
Washington and Boylston Streets
the Continental
Continental
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Franklin and Washington Sts
Boylston
Washington Streets
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